TeresaRichards-LMF

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 * 1) High school males report that an activity involving learning a sport was fun.** There were 6 videos that took place where a male between the ages of 10 and 19 reported that physical activity was high. However, the physical activity didn’t necessarily include learning a sport. In fact, none of the videos were about learning a sport. Jim talked about taking a class trip to Europe where he visited many of the same places that he had learned about in class. Joe’s physics class went to an ice-skating rink to study the motion of stopping. While all of these males were engaged in a high level of physical activity, they were actually learning something academic. There was only one person, John, who spoke about biking 160 miles.======

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 * 2) Women ages 20-29 report that competition is an essential part of a fun activity.** I was extremely surprised that only 5 videos turned up for females ages 20-29. When I polled my high school students about a fun learning experience, so many of the girls said that it was fun because it was competitive. I thought for sure that this competitive nature would transfer to females between the ages of 20 and 20, but competition was not a huge part of a fun learning experience. The 5 females who did note competition was part of the fun, all had team work as part of their experience. Tam said she had to work with her teammates to form letters of the alphabet or numbers using body parts.======

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I was very surprised to see that only Fernando and Justin said that social recognition was high in the activity that they deemed fun. I also noticed that for both men, the group size was large (30-35) and the teacher had a lot of enthusiasm for the subject. Fernando spoke about the confidence that he gained through an acting class at SDSU. In both instances the intimidation level was low. Justin also spoke of an acting class that required him to work on and perform a monologue. I had this misconception that perhaps males in this category would think of a time that they received social recognition and this made the experience fun—maybe in mastering a sport of hobby.======

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There were 5 females who said that their fun learning experience was challenging. When I created my video about a fun learning experience, I described a time when I had to compete with a group of Japanese high school boys in Tokyo using chopsticks. All of the instances I came up with had competition in them. I wasn’t sure if this said something about my personality, my gender, or my age group. Mechelle and Self65 both described an extremely challenging, fun experience. Mechelle won a Harley and learned how to ride a motorcycle and Self65 learned how to fly an airplaine. The group size for all except one was very low (2-5 people). The experiences tended to be one-on-one. Many people learn more when they have one-on-one tutoring--this was the experience that some women described in this group.======

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Six out of the 7 females had an outdoor experience that they considered fun. One woman, Linda, described taking care of two babies as being rich in sensory detail. Two of the same women who had a challenging experience, like Self65 and Mechelle, also said their experience was outside. Five of the 7 women described their experience as a hobby. It seems that when people are doing something they they have chosen to do, it is a fun experience to them. In a classroom setting, giving students a choice may make the learning experience more fun and memorable.======